As the couple snipe at each other, it seems the only thing keeping their happy family act going is Brad’s concern for the children.
It should have been a fun day out in New York for Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their children. But hot chocolates all around couldn’t sweeten the bitter aftertaste for the superstar couple, who barely managed to force the occasional smile for the sake of their kids after a spate of particularly vicious rows.
The body language between the pair – who are in the Big Apple as Ange finishes shooting scenes for her upcoming movie, Salt – was often as icy as the New York sidewalks as they lunched at the hip Cafe Metro.
“Brad, Angie and four of their kids came in around 3pm,” a restaurant employee reveals. “Brad was real nice; he came up to the counter and ordered four medium hot chocolates. But Angie just sat at the table with the kids and didn’t say a word to him. And when they left, she walked a few steps ahead of Brad and never looked back.”
Things have gone rapidly south for the pair as Ange struggles with the stress of filming new scenes for Salt – which was supposed to have wrapped months ago – and Brad reacts to tension in their relationship by hitting the bottle more and more. But despite all the drama, Brad is determined that their children, Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 3, and 17-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne, must be shielded from the carnage at all costs.
“No matter what,” a friend told US magazine Star, “he’ll put on a happy face for them.”
That spirit was on display when Brad took Pax and Maddox to the Dave & Buster’s amusement arcade in Times Square with his brother Doug. Enjoying some father-son bonding time in the shooting gallery, the star seemed keen to keep his boys happy and distracted. But maintaining the happy family facade is becoming increasingly difficult. When Brad last week returned home after a tequila-fuelled drinking session with mates at the popular Mexico City Cafe, Ange reportedly exploded, causing him to flee their Big Apple base for some time out.
Ange was so furious with Brad over his boozing – which witnesses confirm included two margaritas and three large Gran Centenario tequilas in one sitting – that he had no option but to leave. “She shouted, ‘How dare you do this! You swore you wouldn’t drink like this,’” a household source told the National Enquirer. “‘What kind of example are you setting for the kids? Pack your things and get out!’
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